The Independent says today’s Budget is expected to deliver national insurance reduction for 27 million workers but pollsters say giveaway won’t reverse dire poll numbers – as PM is warned he can’t afford bigger cuts.
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The Metro leads on the confusion around the army’s claim that the Princess of Wales will be attending the Trooping the Colour ceremony this summer.
The Guardian reports the chancellor will press on with tax cuts in the budget, despite warnings his plans could impact public services. The paper quotes a Conservative Party insider saying the cuts are “going to require even more unrealistic public service cuts” after the election.
The Daily Express leads with a preview of the budget, reporting the chancellor will announce a 2p cut to national insurance.
The Sun reports pictures of Prince Harry could be uploaded to adult subscription site OnlyFans by a woman who claims she kissed the royal in 2012.
The UN agency says the convoy of 14 lorries was turned away at a checkpoint and was later looted by crowds of “desperate people.” The report comes just a day after the WHO said children are dying of starvation in northern Gaza.
A video circulating online shows two of the children tied up and crying, prompting outrage from state officials. The footage also shows onlookers urging the man to let the kids go.
They stopped their protest in February after a young farmer died. Now, they’re trying to march to Delhi again, but the city’s borders are blocked with barricades and police.
The audio clips aired on the Panorama program featured conversations between Otárola and Yaziré Pinedo, aged 25. Pinedo allegedly received two contracts for work in the defence ministry in 2023, totalling 53,000 sol ($14,000; £11,000).
Reports indicate that he arrived in the capital, San Juan, on Tuesday after departing from New Jersey in the US. His whereabouts had been unknown for several days following a trip to Kenya.
Jeff Bezos is back on top as the richest person on the planet, beating out Elon Musk, according to the latest report from Bloomberg. Bezos, the brains behind Amazon, boasts a whopping net worth of $200 billion, leaving Musk trailing slightly behind at $198 billion.
With the budget taking place on Wednesday, The Guardian reports the NHS faces its biggest funding cuts in real terms since the 1970s.
The Independent says two former defence chiefs, ex-defence secretary and US ambassador joined the paper’s call to stop the deportation of Afghans who served with UK forces – as the House of Lords tries to force changes to PM’s flagship Rwanda bill.
Metro leads with a report into children dying in temporary accommodation, with 42 of them babies less than a year old.
The Daily Express carries an interview with former home secretary Priti Patel, who is calling on France to do more to “stop small boats”. She says France needs to do more to justify the millions of pounds the UK sends it to help tackle the issue of small boat crossings in the English Channel.
The Daily Mirror splashes on a poll putting support for the Conservatives at 20%, which is their lowest rating on record. The paper calls it a humiliation saying they now trail Labour by 27%.
The Sun leads with an interview with the Princess of Wales’ uncle Gary Goldsmith, who has criticised Prince Harry for throwing the Royal Family “under the bus”. Kate’s uncle is set to appear in the latest Big Brother.
Israeli filmmaker said I’m here celebrating this award but it’s also very hard for me to celebrate when there are tens of thousands of my people being slaughtered and massacred by Israel in Gaza.
A series of other measures to help tackle the economic woes were also announced, including the development of new initiatives to tackle problems in the country’s crisis-hit property sector.
The severe weather primarily impacted Pakistan’s northern and western regions, causing road blockages and extensive damage to hundreds of residences.
“The charge relates to an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham,” a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said.
President Emmanuel Macron hailed the decision as a source of “French pride” that had sent a “universal message”.
“The mission team found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred in multiple locations during the 7 October attacks,” the UN report said.
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